Rangers Shake The Garden, Move Step Closer To Playoffs
The New York Rangers turned a likely crippling defeat into their most stirring victory of the season by rallying to beat the defensive-minded Boston Bruins 5-3 on Monday night.
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The New York Rangers turned a likely crippling defeat into their most stirring victory of the season by rallying to beat the defensive-minded Boston Bruins 5-3 on Monday night.
Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada both hit a two-run homer, rookie Ivan Nova kept New York ahead and the Yankees made it another tough visit for Minnesota, beating the Twins 4-3 Monday night.
From the start of the 2004-05 season to the end of 2009-10, only the Minnesota Timberwolves were worse — by three wins — than New York, which compiled a .352 winning percentage
The NHL's failure to suspend Marian Gaborik following his vicious hit that sent the Islanders' Frans Nielsen into momentary darkness last week screams of the league's clear lack of a stance on hits from behind.
UConn head coach Jim Calhoun joined Mike Francesa, shortly before the National Championship game against Butler in Houston,
Before Opening Day, most Yankees fans were worried about A.J. Burnett, Ivan Nova or Freddy Garcia being the weak link in the Yankees' rotation. Add Phil Hughes to the list.
Simply, it's easy to root for Butler. At least it is for me. UConn is not NYC-North, but rather Boston-Lite. If you're a native New Yorker then you're born with the mean, territorial gene, predisposed to hate all things New England.
Butler and Connecticut will meet Monday night — the eighth-seeded Bulldogs trying to finish the deal after coming oh-so-close last season and the third-seeded Huskies, led by Kemba Walker, going for their 11th straight victory after a regular season that foreshadowed none of this.
Regular season or postseason, the Yankees have consistently dominated the Twins. In steps Ivan Nova, eager to put his stamp on the series.
Dennis Rodman, Chris Mullin and a trio of coaching legends are part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011.
Mets fans need no introduction to Willie Harris. Though now instead of robbing the team on defense, he's helping them on offense.
Week three (and, probably, the final week) of the Barry Bonds trial starts today in federal district court in San Francisco. Here's what to expect...
After three games Mark Teixeira is still on pace for 162 home runs. I'm betting against it, but a good start takes some weight off his notoriously slow-starting shoulders for a little while.
Carmelo Anthony was a rookie. Chauncey Billups was the MVP of the NBA finals. That was way back in 2004, and one of the few constants in the NBA since then had been the Knicks missing the playoffs. The drought is over.
When new Yankees catcher Russell Martin went deep during Saturday's 10-6 win over the Tigers, we got to hear Yankees radio play-by-play man John Sterling's brand new home run call for "The Muscle."
